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I want to print current date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format and curret time in 'HH-MM-SS' format. How can I find current date and time in python?

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You can use today() function of datetime library to get year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and microsecond. Then you need to use some String manipulation to get the current date and time in your desired format.

>>> from datetime import datetime

>>> datetime.today()

datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 31, 16, 46, 57, 768000)

>>> yyyy=str(datetime.today().year)

>>> mm=str(datetime.today().month) if datetime.today().month >9 else '0'+str(datetime.today().month)

>>> dd=str(datetime.today().day)

>>> cdate=yyyy + '-' + mm + '-' + dd

>>> cdate

'2018-07-31'

>>> hh = str(datetime.today().hour) if datetime.today().hour>9 else '0'+str(datetime.today().hour)

>>> mm = str(datetime.today().minute) if datetime.today().minute>9 else '0'+str(datetime.today().minute)

>>> ss = str(datetime.today().second) if datetime.today().second>9 else '0'+str(datetime.today().second)

>>> ctime=hh + '-' + mm + '-' + ss

>>> ctime

'19-03-29'

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